Psychiatrists in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$163,711
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$73,769
31.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$169,300
Georgia costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Georgia — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$237,480
Kept after tax
$163,711
Worth in national money
$169,300
State rank
32
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Georgia is among the lower-paying states for psychiatrists. The middle earner takes $237,480, ranking 32 of 46 states — about 15.75% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Georgia. It ranks 3 out of 492 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $237,480 you keep $163,711 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $169,300 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $227,430.
- Georgia ranks 32 of 46 for psychiatrists, with a median of $237,480 — about 15.75% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Within Georgia, psychiatrists ranks 3 of 492 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Retained pay in Georgia is $163,711 after the full tax stack, from $237,480. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $169,300 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $227,430 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Psychiatrists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $89,990 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $237,480 |
| Top tenth earn over | $369,790 |
| This salary | $237,480 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Georgia | $163,711 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $174,963 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,749 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $220,341 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$15,911 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of psychiatrists in Georgia earn under $237,480 and half over. The published range runs $89,990 at the tenth percentile to $369,790 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $163,711 take-home in Georgia comes from $237,480. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 3 of 492.
- Two cautions on $169,300, the adjusted value of that $237,480 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Georgia. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 3 of 492 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for psychiatrists in Georgia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $89,990 to $369,790; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $163,711, from $237,480, assumes a single Georgia filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 3 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 32 of 46 for it.
- This $169,300 adjusted figure, worked from $237,480, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 3 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 3 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $227,430, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $89,990, the highest tenth $369,790, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Georgia is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $169,300 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Georgia's own levy, $163,711 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Georgia is $227,430. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($89,990) and the ninetieth ($369,790) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Georgia's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $169,300 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $163,711 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Georgia income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.